Wilhelm teufel



(No Model.)

W. TEUPEL.

ABDOMINAL SUPPORT.

No. 844,065. Patented June 22, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

VVILHELM TEUFEL, OF STUTTGART, WI TRTEMBERG, GERMANY.

ABDOMINAL SUPPQRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 34%,065, dated June 22,18816.

Application filed February 27, 1886. Serial No. 193,440. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM TEUEEL, of Stuttgart, in the Empire ofGermany, and a subject of the King of VViirtemberg, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Abdominal Bandages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bandages of that class whichare used by ladies for supporting the abdomen, said bandages having theadvantage of being conveniently applied and adjusted to the differentconditions of the wearer.

The invention consists of a belt that is laced at the front and providedwith an elastic lockgirth attached to the lower end, the perforated endsof said girth being connected to studs at the sides of the belt. Thebelt is provided at the ends with intercrossing straps, which areconnected by a buckling device at the ends of said straps, and retainedat the lower front part of the belt by a retaining device for securingthe buckled straps in position over the lock-girth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved abdominal bandage,shown as applied to the body. Figs. 2 and3 are side elevations taken from opposite sides. Fig. 4 is a front viewof the abdominal bandage, shown in detached and open state.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a belt or bandage for theabdomen, which is laced at the front part and provided with thecustomary stays and elastics.

The belt A is provided at its lower front part with an elasticlock-girth, B, which is permanently secured to the lower front part ofthe belt A, and provided with perforated ends b, that are locked tostuds d at the sides of the belt A. By the lock-girth B the pressure ofthe bandage on the abdomen may be regulated to some extent. The finalregulation, however, is given by the end straps, A A, of the belt A, ofwhich the strap A is branched out into two separate straps, which leavean opening through which the opposite non-elastic strap, A, can bepassed when applyingthebandagetothebody. Thebranched straps A areprovided with eyelets e e, and with an elastic end portion, A", which isbuckled or otherwise. connected to the strap A. The straps A areattached by their eyelets e e to studs 6 e of a stay located at that endof'the belt A to which the strap A is attached, as shown in Figs. 2 and4..

For applying the bandage it is first placed around the abdomen, then thestrap A passed at the back of the body, through between the straps A,the length of the lock-girth B next regulated and the ends of the sameattached to the studs (2 d, and, finally, the straps A A connected bythe buckling device f at the front part of the belt A and retained inposition over the girth B by retaining-hooks g g, as shown in Figs. 1and at, which retaininghooks are permanently attached to the front partof the belt A and girth B. Before the straps A A are buckled togetherthe perforated straps A are attached to the studs 6 e, the final fitbeing given to the belt A by the adjustment of the elastic strap A andbuckle f. The abdomen is thereby held in a comfortable and easy manner,the pressure being adjusted to the varying conditions of the same,according as the bandage is worn in the varying stages ofpregnancy, orin all cases in which, for some reason or other, the abdomen is requiredto be supported, so as to give better shape and comfort to the body.

I do not claim in this application any features which are shown anddescriked in my patent of July 18, 1882, No. 261,494, which shows alooking girth that is connected to the front part of the belt andattached to studs at the sides of the same. The fastening-straps areattached in that patent to studs at the ends of a bowsprin'g, wherebyayielding connection between the straps and the belt is obtained at thefront part of the latter. In my present application a rigid retainingdevice for the fastening-straps is used, by which the straps are heldfirmly in position on the abdomen, so as to give a firm support to thesame.

Having thus described'my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The combination of a belt, an elastic lockgirthattached permanently to the front part of the belt, means for attachingthe ends of the lock girth to the sides of the belt, intercrossingstraps attached to the ends of the In testimony that I claim theforegoing as belt, abuckling device for connecting the ends my inventionIhave signed my name in presof said straps at the front part of thebelt, and ence of two subscribing witnesses.

a retaining device at the lower front part of WILHELM TEUFEL. 5 the beltfor securing said buckled straps in Witnesses:

position over the lock-girth, substantially as JULIUS TEUFEL,

set forth. TH. ABENHEIM.

